Are Takeback Programs The Future of Pharma Packaging or a Miss?

Watch Dorethe Nielsen from Novo Nordisk discuss how takeback programs are one piece of a larger puzzle.

Dorothee Liz

"I think that companies need to take responsibility for the products all the way through the patients..."


Liz Cuneo: To me, that seems like an exciting program, a return program for any of our healthcare, you know, bottles, caps, pens. Do you think the TAKEBACK program is the future of sustainability in healthcare? Or maybe it's just one piece of a bigger puzzle? 

Dorethe Nielsen: It's one part of the puzzle, but of course an important one. I think that companies need to take responsibility for the products all the way through the patients. That has not always been been the case. So if you want to do that, then of course, take back is a key element in that. But there are other things that you, of course, also should do. You could maybe develop, products that are reusable. So, instead of having a pen that only can be used until it's empty, then we also have another solution where it's reusable, where you simply, shift the cartridge that is inside the pen, and then you can use it multiple times. So there are other options also to make sure that we do not introduce so much waste, you can say in the whole system. 

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